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Cuyamaca Cypress

Hesperocyparis revealiana

Cuyamaca Cypress
Photo: Themodoccypress, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Mexico (Baja California Norte: Sierra Juárez)
Climate
subtropical

About

Hesperocyparis revealiana is a rare species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is endemic to a small area of the State of Baja California in northwestern Mexico.

The type locality is the Rincón de Santa Catarina, in the Sierra de Juárez of the Peninsular Ranges System. It was previously assumed to be an isolated population of Cuyamaca cypress.

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Moroccan Cypress · South Tibetan Cypress · Hesperocyparis bakeri · Bhutan Cypress · Cheng Cypress · Yunnan Cypress · Saharan Cypress · Hesperocyparis forbesii · Chinese Weeping Cypress · Tsangpo cypress · Hesperocyparis glabra · Hesperocyparis goveniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hesperocyparis revealiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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